I IS ANOTHER: SEPTOLOGY III-V, the second instalment in a major new work by Jon Fosse, one of Europe's most celebrated writers, follows the lives of Asle and Asle - two versions of the same person, two versions of the same life, both grappling with existential questions about life, death, love,... číst celé
Septologie Série
Tato série zkoumá hluboké otázky víry, umění a lidské existence prostřednictvím introspektivního a lyrického stylu. Příběh se soustředí na život umělce a jeho vztah k Bohu, rodině a světu kolem sebe. Je to pomalá, kontemplativní cesta, která se noří do složitosti duchovního života a umělecké tvorby. Čtenáři budou oceněni pro svou náročnost a emocionální rezonanci.
The Other Name: Septology I-II
- 340 stránek
- 12 hodin čtení
Follows the lives of two men living close to each other on the west coast of Norway. The year is coming to a close and Asle, an aging painter and widower, is reminiscing about his life. He lives alone, his only friends being his neighbor, Åsleik, a bachelor and traditional Norwegian fisherman-farmer, and Beyer, a gallerist who lives in Bjørgvin, a couple hours' drive south of Dylgja, where he lives. There in Bjørgvin, lives another Asle, also a painter. He and the narrator are doppelgangers--two versons of the same person, two versions of the same life. Through flashbacks, Fosse explores the convergences and divergences in the lives of both Asles, slowly building towards a decisive encounter between them both